TORONTO, June 15 (Reuters) - Canada's benchmark stock index
closed higher on Wednesday after five days of declines, with
miners and other materials stocks leading a broad but subdued
rebound as the U.S. Federal Reserve hinted at a less aggressive
outlook for interest rates.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
closed up 39.22 points, or 0.28 percent, at 13,923.45,
lifting it off a near one-month low.

"Essentially everything is flat except for materials," said
Manash Goswami, a portfolio manager at First Asset Investment
Management Inc, pointing to a dovish Fed as supportive for gold.

"There is also a lot of uncertainty coming up with the
Brexit vote next week," he said, referring to a June 23 British
vote on whether to leave the European Union.

Worries that Britain, the world's fifth-largest economy,
could quit the EU have dominated markets this week and driven
investors towards safe-haven assets such as gold.
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